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Farmers to participate in ‘Rail Roko’ in Punjab tomorrow, from 12pm. (File) Amritsar (Punjab): As part of the ongoing protest, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Tuesday called for a ‘Rail Roko’ on Wednesday in Punjab for three hours starting from 12 noon. He appealed to the people of Punjab to participate in the protest….
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New Delhi: Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesting farmers at the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu Border. Reportedly, 6 farmers have been injured and are being taken to a local hospital. A group of 101 farmers resumed their ‘Delhi chalo’ foot march at 12 pm on Saturday, pressing the government to fulfill their long-standing…
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Farmers are set to resume their ‘Delhi Chalo’ foot march on Saturday, 12pm. Chandigarh: A ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers will resume their foot march to Delhi at 12 noon on Saturday from the Shambhu border point to press the Centre for various demands including a legal guarantee for minimum support price. The Haryana government suspended…
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Farmers Protest in Delhi: Traffic into and out of the national capital was affected. New Delhi: The Congress on Friday called on the Bharatiya Janata Party to respond proactively to protesting farmers’ demands about a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price, or MSP, and warned the government, “Do not allow the farmers of this country…
Bhartiya Kisan Parishad will press demands for compensation and benefits under the new agricultural laws. Farmers will march towards the Parliament complex on Monday to press five key demands, leading to increased security and route diversions in the Delhi-NCR regions. Here are the key developments: Bhartiya Kisan Parishad (BKP) leader Sukhbir Khalifa had announced on…
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New Delhi: Farmers pushing the government to revamp the MSP, or minimum support price, policy met Congress MP Rahul Gandhi inside the Parliament complex Wednesday morning. Mr Gandhi, who is also Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, met a delegation of 12 farmer leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and…
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Punjab farmers began a march to Delhi on February 13 to press their demands (File) New Delhi: Nearly three decades ago, over a thousand farmers in Tamil Nadu, unhappy with government policies, filed nominations from a single constituency in the Lok Sabha polls to draw attention to their grievances. It was also the only time…
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A candle march is scheduled for today, followed by seminars on farmer-related issues tomorrow. New Delhi: Farmer leaders on Friday announced that the future course of action regarding their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march will be decided on February 29. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), spearheading the protests, outlined a list of…
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Chandigarh: A police officer was injured Friday in a pitched battle between protesting farmers and cops in Khedi Chwpata in Haryana’s Hisar. Visuals showed a chaotic and volatile situation; police – escorted by riot personnel in full gear – can be seen taking people into custody while farmers surrounded them. The violence – in which…
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